R30816 Cobalt vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel
R30816 cobalt belongs to the cobalt alloys classification, while AISI 204 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 23% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R30816 cobalt and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 | |
| 210 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 | |
| 23 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 320 to 720 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1020 | |
| 730 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
| 380 to 1080 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1540 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 20 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 320 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 440 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 240 to 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 360 to 2940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 | |
| 27 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.3 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 | |
| 16 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.42 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 40 to 49.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 5.0 | |
| 69.6 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 21 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |